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Girl, 19, arrested after a baby's body is found in pit latrine

Shocked members of public move closer to the latrine where a 19-year-old girl threw her two-week old baby in Masiebi village, Matayos constituency. [Ignatius Odanga/Standard] 

Police in Busia are holding a 19-year-old girl suspected of throwing her two-week-old baby in a pit latrine in Masiebi village, Matayos Constituency.

According to the officers, the girl led them to the 30-foot latrine on Friday, where the body of the baby was removed. The body had been in the pit for two days.

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